Lippman v. Lippman

—Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff’s fourth cause of action was properly dismissed on the ground of res judicata. The doctrine of res judicata, or claim preclusion, dictates that "[a] judgment in one action is conclusive in a later one not only as to any matters actually litigated therein, but also as to any that might have been so litigated, when the two causes of action have such a measure of identity that a different judgment in the second would destroy or impair rights or interests established by the first” (Schuykill Fuel Corp. v Nieberg Realty Corp., 250 NY…